Addivinola anounces run for U.S. Senate seat

Boston attorney and former Republican congressional candidate Frank Addivinola announced today that he will mount a bid to take on Democrat Ed Markey for his U.S. Senate seat.

Boston attorney and former Republican congressional candidate Frank Addivinola announced today that he will mount a bid to take on Democrat Ed Markey for his U.S. Senate seat.

Addivinola, who is coming off a failed bid for the 5th Congressional seat in December, said in his announcement that the Republican Party is the party of the working people and middle class, a message that he said he would bring to voters on the campaign trail. "The Republican Party is the party that cares about the needy and the disadvantaged," he wrote. "We have better solutions to help people improve their lives and put our country on the road to prosperity." Addivinola in his release asked his supporters for volunteer time to help gather signatures to get his name on the ballot and for campaign donations. Addivinola won the Republican primary last October in the special election race for the Congressional seat vacated by Markey when he was elected to the Senate, but lost the final contest to then state Sen. Katherine Clark. He also ran for the Republican nomination in 2012 to oppose Markey for the 5th Congressional seat, but lost in the primary. Hopkinton Selectman Brian Herr has also announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to take on Markey.